Journal profile
Sibbaldia
ISSN 2513-9231 · Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh · United Kingdom
Sibbaldia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sibbaldia is published by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Botany and Plant Ecology Studies, Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation and Plant Diversity and Evolution, together about 52% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sibbaldia was established to communicate high quality and innovative horticultural practice in botanic gardens and similar institutions around the world. It publishes peer-reviewed articles and short notes on the cultivation, conservation, research, botany (but not taxonomic botany), history, landscaping, legislation, management and curation of plants in botanic and other gardens. Sibbaldia exists to bring the work of horticulturists and garden managers to a worldwide audience. It is for horticulturists, managers and students of botanical, heritage and conservation landscapes. The Editor particularly welcomes articles on horticultural techniques, cultivation of species and the application of horticulture for conservation practice. Articles on the curation, plant science, health and heritage of plant collections and species are also welcomed.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences32%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Plant and Fungal Species DescriptionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Landscape and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities4.9%
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife EducationEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Linguistic and Cultural StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.18OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 351 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 63 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 64 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 74 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 69 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 61 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 96 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Original work; subject to editing Model summary
All papers and short notes are accepted on the understanding that they have not have been accepted for publication or be under consideration elsewhere and that they will be subject to editing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC Attribution licence required Model summary
Please read our Open Access, Copyright and Permissions policies for more information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors are not charged any APCs (Article Processing Charges) or other publication fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review by independent reviewers Model summary
All papers will be subject to review by at least two reviewers. Reviewers are recruited based on their knowledge of or affinity with the main subjects of the article and all are known to the editors of Sibbaldia, or recommended by knowledgeable others. Reviewers are asked to review for accuracy and suitability to the focus and scope of Sibbaldia, to comment on the structure and composition of the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2513-9231
- Print ISSN
- 2979-305X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sibbaldia
How long does peer review take at Sibbaldia?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Sibbaldia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sibbaldia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Sibbaldia open access, and what is the APC?
Sibbaldia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .